''Project Runway Middle East'', is the

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version of the successful

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show ''

Project Runway ''Project Runway'' is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004. The series focuses on fashion design. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted by time, mater ...

''. The show premiered on September 4, 2016 on

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. The show features 12

designers who compete to become "the next big

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". The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme. Their designs are judged, and one or more designers are eliminated each week. During each season, selected competitors are progressively eliminated based on the judges' scores until only a few contestants remain; these finalists prepare a complete fashion collection, from which a winner is determined. Each episode welcomes a celebrity guest judge that will contribute in the decision making. ''Project Runway Middle East'' is hosted by

Valerie Abou Chacra Valerie Abou Chacra ( ar, فاليري أبو شقرا; born 15 January 1992) is a Lebanese actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon 2015. She represented Lebanon at Miss World 2015. She has also starred in widely wat ...

, ex-

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2015 and the mentor, Reem Faisal is a Saudi fashion designer and entrepreneur.

Format

''Project Runway Middle East'' uses progressive elimination to reduce the initial field of 12 or more fashion designers down to three or four before the final challenge. Each Episode features a celebrity guest who announces a new challenge, which requires the designers to develop one or more pieces of new clothing to be presented at a runway show. The challenges range in creative diversity to test the designers' ingenuity while maintaining their personal fashion design aesthetic. After the Challenge announcement The designers are given a budgeted stipend to select and purchase fabric and notions, and then provided a limited amount of time to finish their designs. Often, the designers work independently, although on some challenges, contestants must work in teams or as a single collective group. Once the deadline is reached, the designers must dress their models and select their hair, make-up, and accessories. Each model walks down the runway, and the garment the contestant made is rated by the panel of judges, including the world renowned Lebanese designer

Elie Saab Elie Saab ( ar, إيلي صعب; born 4 July 1964) is a Lebanese fashion designer. His main workshop is in Lebanon, with additional workshops in Milan and Paris. He started his business in the early 1980s and specialized in bridal couture (ex ...

, Tunisian fashion model, actress and television presenter

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and finally Egyptian actress and singer

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Contestants

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. It featured many notable guests such as

Nancy Ajram Nancy Nabil Ajram ( ar, نانسي نبيل عجرم, born May 16, 1983) is a Lebanese singer, television personality and businesswoman. Dubbed by Spotify as the " Queen of Arab Pop". With the support of her father, she began performing as ...

Haifa Wehbe Haifa Wehbe ( ar, هيفاء وهبي ) is a Lebanese people, Lebanese-Egyptians, Egyptian singer and actress. She has released seven studio albums, and made her acting debut in the 2008 Pepsi-produced film ''Sea of Stars''. In 2006, Wehbe was ...

and many more.

Season 1

* Hiba Majdi, from

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ELIMINATED * Luma Saleh, from

: ELIMINATED * Alham, from

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ELIMINATED * Issa Hisso, from

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

ELIMINATED * Amna Shandoly, from

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

ELIMINATED * Fatima Al najdi, from

ELIMINATED * Maroun Issa, from

ELIMINATED * Lucy Fadel, from

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

ELIMINATED * Salim Charbel, from

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ELIMINATED * Saba Tarek, from

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ELIMINATED * Rayan Atlas, from

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ELIMINATED * Taghreed Al Areed, from

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

ELIMINATED * Alaa Najd, from

The Winner

Season 2

Season 2 Started filming back in May 2017, it is scheduled to start airing November 19, 2017 on

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The Winner of Season 2 is Saher Okal

External links

''Project Runway'' on MBC's website
Project Runway 2016 television series debuts 2016 in fashion Non-American television series based on American television series